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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pike say is the most exciting part of his work?
(a) Traveling.
(b) Creating footnotes.
(c) Reading the letters.
(d) Meeting new people.

2. What did Anish's father demonstrate against?
(a) The war against Pakistan.
(b) The independence of India.
(c) British rule.
(d) British occupation.

3. What two religions do Das and Flora talk about?
(a) Buddhism and Hinduism.
(b) Islam and Christianity.
(c) Christianity and Hinduism.
(d) Buddhism and Islam.

4. Who is Anish sketching in this scene?
(a) Das.
(b) Mrs. Swan.
(c) Flora.
(d) Mr. Pike.

5. What is the name of the book Pike is putting together about Flora?
(a) Collected Poems.
(b) An English Heroine.
(c) An English Woman in India.
(d) Collected Letters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Pike say Flora wants to head after Das finishes her portrait?

2. What does Mrs. Swan dislike about Pike's letters?

3. What does Flora tell Das her new painting is about?

4. What kind of game do Flora and Das play at the table?

5. What does Nazrul tell Das has happened to the pate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What news does Flora learn about the Theosophical Society in Act 2, Part 4?

2. What does Dilip tell Pike about Indian beggars?

3. What do Das and Flora say about religion?

4. How do Das and Flora indicate the beginnings of a sexual intimacy?

5. Why has Pike come to visit Mrs. Swan?

6. Why does Anish say the authorities put his father into prison?

7. How does Anish know his father's work is unfinished?

8. What do Flora and Das say about Chamberlain?

9. What does the passage Flora reads from the book describe?

10. What does Flora tell Nell in the letter she narrates in Act 1, Scene 1?

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